[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 50 (Monday, March 16, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12626-12627]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2026-05108]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2026-0958]
Regulatory Issue Summary: Process for Scheduling and Allocating
Resources for Fiscal Years 2026-2028 for the Review of New Licensing
Applications and Oversight of Construction for Light Water Reactors and
Non-Light Water Reactors
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice; issuance.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing
Regulatory Issue Summary (RIS) 2026-02, ``Process for Scheduling and
Allocating Resources for Fiscal Years 2026-2028 for the Review of New
Licensing Applications and Oversight of Construction for Light Water
Reactors and Non-Light Water Reactors,'' to assist the NRC in
determining resource and budget needs for fiscal years (FYs) 2026
through 2028 with respect to future construction-related activities and
other anticipated licensing and design certification rulemaking actions
and other regulatory and preapplication activities for large light
water reactors (LWRs), light water cooled small modular reactors
(SMRs), non-LWRs, and nonpower production and utilization facilities;
to communicate to stakeholders the agency's process for scheduling its
reviews; and to encourage
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preapplication engagements with the NRC.
DATES: The RIS is available as of March 9, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2026-0958 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You
may obtain publicly available information related to this document
using any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2026-0958. Address
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Bridget Curran;
telephone: 301-415-1003; email: [email protected]. For technical
questions, contact the individual(s) listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``Begin ADAMS Public Search.''
For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's Public Document Room
(PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, at 301-415-4737, or by email
to [email protected]. The ADAMS accession number for each document
referenced (if it is available in ADAMS) is provided the first time
that it is mentioned in this document.
NRC's PDR: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies
of publicly available documents, is open by appointment. To make an
appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to
[email protected] or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between 8
a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern time (ET), Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
This RIS is also available on the NRC's public website at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/gen-comm/reg-issues/ (select
``2026'' and then select ``2026-02'').
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carolyn Lauron, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2736; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC published notices of opportunity for
public comment on this RIS as an Information Collection in the Federal
Register (89 FR 59171 and 89 FR 105638) on July 22, 2024, and December
27, 2024, respectively. The agency received comments from one
commenter. The evaluation of this comment did not result in any changes
to the final RIS and is discussed in a publicly available document
found in ADAMS under Accession No. ML26006A098. RIS 2026-02, ``Process
for Scheduling and Allocating Resources for Fiscal Years 2026-2028 for
the Review of New Licensing Applications and Oversight of Construction
for Light Water Reactors and Non-Light Water Reactors,'' is available
in ADAMS under Accession No. ML26007A152.
Executive Order 12866: The Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs determined that this RIS is not a significant regulatory action
under E.O. 12866.
(Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.)
Dated: March 11, 2026.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brian Benney,
Acting Chief, Generic Communications and Operating Experience Branch,
Division of Reactor Oversight, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2026-05108 Filed 3-13-26; 8:45 am]
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